A flotilla of Chinese warships carried out a drill in the Indian Ocean, a few days after the country finished its training exercise in the disputed South China Sea, state-run Xinhua News reported.

"Chinese #navy flotilla carries out high-seas training in east #IndianOcean," the Chinese news agency tweeted on Tuesday accompanied with several images of the ongoing drill. No further details were revealed.

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Chinese #navy flotilla carries out high-seas training in east #IndianOcean pic.twitter.com/8jmCasfG3n

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 21, 2017

According to the Indian Express, earlier this week, Xinhua confirmed to Reuters that a flotilla of warships is heading to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific to conduct training exercises at South China Sea. The warships, which include a destroyer that could launch guided missiles, are set to train on sudden attack drills.

Last Friday, three Chinese warships wrapped up their week-long training exercises, which started since Feb. 10, in the South China Sea. Such exercises, particularly by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, have unnerved its neighboring countries, specifically those with long-running territorial disputes.

Yin Zhuo, military affairs experts, told China Central Television that the military exercises were "without an arranged script" and "as close as possible to real combat." He added that regular Chinese navy exercises in the high seas were an "unchangeable trend," although he noted that its long-range naval capabilities are still not enough to secure its interest.

Meanwhile, despite a stern warning from China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday against challenging its sovereignty and security, US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson along with a fleet of supporting warships started patrolling the disputed South China Sea. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier started its routine operations last Saturday, according to its Facebook page.

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